These are set and enforced by the pawb.fun moderators.
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Rule #1 – Illegal Content or Conduct
Content or conduct that is illegal in the United States is strictly prohibited.
For the avoidance of doubt, this includes but is not limited to: Instructions on how to commit crimes, encouraging acts of violence or terrorism, child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or depictions thereof, and unauthorized access or exploitation of computer systems.
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Rule #2 – Discriminatory Conduct
Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination is prohibited. Users who engage in such conduct are not welcome on our platform.
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Rule #3 – Stalking and Harassment
Respect other users of our service and other federated instances. If someone doesn’t want anything to do with you, leave them alone. Attempts to bypass blocks, including creating alternate accounts for that purpose, is prohibited.
“Screenshot dunking”, or the act of taking screenshots of posts to repost and harass without directly replying, is strongly discouraged. If someone is annoying you, harassing you, or a genuine danger to other users, block and report them.
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Rule #4 – Misinformation and Deceptive Content
Misinformation, scams, Ponzi schemes, and other deceptive tactics have become rampant on other platforms and we don’t want to see a resurgence of it in the Fediverse.
Examples of prohibited content include, but are not limited to, the following: COVID and health misinformation, pro-insurrection (Jan 6th) comments or endorsement, NFTs, “crypto” (blockchain & tokens, NOT cryptography), MLMs / pyramid schemes, flat earth claims.
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Rule #5 – Missing Content Warning
Content warnings (CW) are REQUIRED for NSFW content, political discussion and debate, religious promotion and debate, and drug mentions. Please review https://pawb.social/post/101 for more information.
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Rule #5.2 – Sensitive Content in Content Warning Message
Don't put polarizing, graphic, or sensitive content in the content warning (CW) description.
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Rule #6 – No Spam or Advertising
Spam and advertising is not acceptable, but friendly automated bots are welcome. Where possible, try to restrict any recurring automated posts to Unlisted to avoid cluttering the Local and Federated timeline. Content posted by small businesses is NOT considered advertising for the purposes of this rule.
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Rule #7 – Disengage and Report Abuse
If a user or instance is breaking the rules, we recommend just reporting the content and not engaging. We don’t want users to end up getting caught in the crossfire for attempting to correct a user in good faith, as this makes our jobs significantly harder.
Additionally, the team is here to help – If you’re unsure on a particular post, user profile, instance, etc. and don’t think we’ve seen or dealt with it yet, please send in a report. No user will ever be penalized for genuine use of the report system.
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Rule #8.1 – Account / Post Language Missing
We require that all posts are properly marked with the language used, which can be done at the account level through the account preferences page, or per-post by clicking the language button next to “CW” (Content Warning).
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Rule #8.2 – Account Impersonation
You may not impersonate an individual, group, or organization with the intent to deceive, confuse, and exploit other users. Parody accounts should tag themselves clearly in their profile description.
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Rule #8.3 – Unmarked Bot Account
Bot accounts must mark themselves as a bot and must post using “Unlisted”, “Followers only”, or “Mentioned people only”, so we can keep the local and federated timelines clear and focused on users.
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Rule #8.4 – Unauthorized Brand / Government Accounts
No brand or government-affiliated account may be registered on Pawb.Social services without prior written and publicly recorded approval, except furry fandom-operated brands and events covered by the exception in our full rules. This rule ONLY applies to accounts on Pawb.Social services.
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Rule #8.5 – Bypassing Suspension
If you have been suspended from any Pawb.Social instance, you may not create another account on any of our services.
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Rule #8.6 – Prohibited Avatar / Header Image
All avatars and header images must not contain any content that is prohibited by any other rule in the Code of Conduct, especially content that requires a Content Warning (CW).
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Full Code of Conduct
The full Code of Conduct can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jXkulJKMWEmv-cb_jaYkG2L0sTcZeHKdcqwImNkf6Ko – Some rules and wording listed here have been summarized for brevity.